Varsity teachers to be directly recruited: P K Shahi

Setting at rest speculations about the conduct of Bihar Eligibility Test (BET) to screen aspirants for the job of college teachers, education minister PK Shahi said no examination/test will be held for college teacher aspirants and direct recruitment of university/college teachers will be made by the BPSC.

| TNN | Dec 18, 2013, 04.00 AM IST

GAYA: Setting at rest speculations about the conduct of Bihar Eligibility Test (BET) to screen aspirants for the job of college teachers, education minister PK Shahi said no examination/test will be held for college teacher aspirants and direct recruitment of university/college teachers will be made by the BPSC.

Shahi explained the recruitment process at his Gaya College speech on Monday . The education minister addressed teachers and students after inaugurating the bio-tech block on the Gaya College premises.

BET was introduced by Lalu Prasad government in early 90s and two batches of teachers were recruited after clearing BET in 1994 and 2003. No recruitment of college teachers has been done since 2003 and more than 3,000 post of assistant professors (earlier called lecturers) are lying vacant in nearly one dozen universities and 250 constituent colleges of the state.

The education minister said the BPSC, as per the new recruitment protocol would directly be calling eligible candidates for interview for the appointment of university/college teachers. Only such candidates would be recruited who have either cleared the National Eligibility Test (NET) or obtained a Ph.D degree as per 2009 UGC guidelines, the minister said.

The government was aware of the problem faced by institutions of higher learning due to faculty shortage. Blaming the Universities for the delay in recruitment of faculty members, the minister said the universities have so far not intimated the government about the actual vacancy position.

Once the universities make the requisition, BPSC will start the process of recruitments. The BPSC chairman has assured him that recruitment formalities will be completed within four months of the advertisement of posts. As soon as the universities provided the needed inputs, the process will begin, he added.

The education minister, in his Gaya College speech, expressed satisfaction over the mechanism evolved for the purpose of appointment to the post of VC and Pro VC in the state. Full transparency was being maintained. In a veiled threat, the education minister said VC aspirants would be ticked off if they are found indulging in lobbying for appointment. One otherwise deserving candidate has been blacklisted for lobbying, said the minister.

The minister also favoured autonomy for Gaya College, Gaya. The college meets all the requirements for being notified as an 'autonomous college/deemed university, said Shahi. The education minister promised all help to college principal Shreekant Sharma in the development of infrastructure and its upgradation.

Gaya College has already been notified as one of the 15 community colleges of the state. The minister directed college officials to prepare proposal for the introduction of health sector-related vocational course.

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